فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعۡدُ أُولَىٰهُمَا بَعَثۡنَا عَلَيۡكُمۡ عِبَادٗا لَّنَآ أُوْلِي بَأۡسٖ شَدِيدٖ فَجَاسُواْ خِلَٰلَ ٱلدِّيَارِۚ وَكَانَ وَعۡدٗا مَّفۡعُولٗا ٥
Fa idhā jāʾa waʿdu ūlāhumā baʿathnā ʿalaykum ʿibādal lanā ulī baʾsin shadīdin fajāsū khilālad-diyār, wa kāna waʿdam mafʿūlā.
So when the [time of] promise came for the first of them,1 We sent against you servants of Ours - those of great military might, and they probed [even] into the homes,2 and it was a promise fulfilled.
Translation: Sahih International
Footnotes (2)
- i.e., the promised punishment for the first of their two transgressions.
- Violating their sanctity, to kill and plunder.